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JACOB F SIRATT III
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 15, 1948 – July 19, 1968
Service recordJacob F Siratt III, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 14
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 14
- VINCENT PISCAR JRLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- GEORGE SOLIZSergeant · July 19, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS SOSNOSKISergeant · July 19, 1968
- RANDALL FILLMORE SWANCEYSergeant · July 19, 1968
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.